MRO & Production

SR Technics welcomed the 15th easyJet aircraft to its new two-bay facility in Malta. After a 14-day standard IL-maintenance check, the aircraft will be re-delivered at the end of March. Since October 2010, the company has built up its operation in Malta as a center of excellence for narrowbody aircraft base maintenance in Europe. easyJet […]

Solo Aviation has signed an agreement with GE Aviation to become an Authorized Service Center for the M601 and H80 turboprop engines. As part of the agreement, Solo Aviation will offer comprehensive line maintenance, removals and re-installations of engines and LRUs and engine spares for the M601 and H80 engine families. GE Aviation will provide

AVISA Aviation Safety Systems, has recently signed an agreement to work with China Aircraft Services Limited, a long established Hong Kong based MRO and aviation services company and aeroDAC, an EASA-approved part 21 design organisation, with capabilities in every aspect of aerospace design, aircraft certification and approval. The new partnership will see the three businesses

Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation and AVIC Electromechanical Systems Company Limited (AVIC EM) have finalized plans to co-develop and manufacture the electric power system for the new Commercial Aviation Corporation of China (COMAC) C919 jetliner. Hamilton Sundstrand is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. and AVIC EM is a subsidiary of Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC).

Iberia has converted an Airbus A330-200 passenger airliner into a Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT), equipped for mid-air refuelling. It was the first time such a complex task has been performed in Spain, where Iberia maintenance and engineering teams completed it in a record 16 months. After the final flight test on March 15th, the

Qatar Airways Technical Division has once again renewed its supplier approval of A J Walter Aviation, the integrated aviation spares support specialist. Every year AJW successfully wins or renews approvals with over twenty-five airlines, airline engineering and OEM customers from across the globe. It currently holds over 250 individual customer approvals and has been providing

Jet Aviation Geneva has received South Africa CAA repair station approval. The company is now authorized to service South African-registered aircraft. The South African Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has authorized Jet Aviation Geneva as a repair station, which permits the company to service South African-registered aircraft.

Low-cost airline AirAsia X, renewed its contract with the Manila-based maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) company, Lufthansa Technik Philippines. The recently signed supplemental contract covers light C-checks to be done this year for AirAsia X

SR Technics has signed an agreement with GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) to carry out two C-Checks during February and March 2011. The checks will be conducted in SR Technics

StandardAero has signed an exclusive five-year contract for Model 250 engine repair and overhaul services with the City of Nashville Metropolitan Police Department. All work will be performed at StandardAero facilities in Winnipeg, Canada and Concord, N.C. Repair and overhaul services will be performed on the police department